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H.R. 3400: TRAVEL Act of 2025
119th Congress · introduced 2025-05-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Official title
TRAVEL Act of 2025
Plain summary
The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to serve as a traveling physician for a period of not more than one year. Such physician must provide health care to veterans at VA facilities located in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. Traveling physicians must coordinate with non-VA providers when necessary to ensure high quality and coordinated care for veterans receiving hospital care and medical services. The VA must provide a relocation or retention bonus to traveling physicians.
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Sponsor: Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] · 12 cosponsors
Money: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3400, the Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare Act (2025-09-08) No linked contracts or vendors yet.
Recorded votes
- House roll call 266 (2025): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3400 (2025-09-15): Passed
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr3400.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr3400 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills